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By Lanise Waites and Sara Adams
“A Length of Childhood,” the latest offering of original dance theater by Rappahannock's Last Minute Wood Company under the direction of Sally Nash, was presented Saturday evening at the Rappahannock Elementary School to a receptive and responsive hometown audience.
The company succeeded in capturing the dreamlike quality of a retrospective view of childhood. Eight distinctive sections of dance provided the forum for the biographical study of a younger sister’s sometimes painful growing up and growing old, the story told through her interactions with , her sister, her parents and her community. The symbology is available for translation for those who feel they must, yet the appeal of this production lay in its utter accessiblity. Both the dance and its congruent music were presented to merely experience and enjoy the unexpected addition of the spoken word by the dancers lent a note of whimsical humor to the piece and created an intimacy with the audience. The performers were offered the challenge of letting their own feelings and perceptions evolve into their unique roles. They spent a year at the task of merging their independent improvisational work into the
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